Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Iran: Buisnessman in long-term solitary confinement - URGENT ACTION by July 4, 2016

Amnesty International

Please find below and attached an Urgent Action that Amnesty International has issued today on Lebanese national and permanent US resident Nizar Zakka who has been held in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison since his arrest on 18 September 2015. He is due to go on trial on 6 June in Iran on national security-related charges. He was in Iran to speak at an international conference on the role of women in sustainable development.
The Urgent Action is available on the Amnesty International website at the following link:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/4086/2016/en/